Uniswap’s newly released governance token – called UNI – has seen some immense volatility in the time following its launch. After rallying from lows of $1.00 to highs of $8.50, the cryptocurrency’s price has been descending rapidly. It appears that those who received 400+ tokens as a result of the recent airdrop are beginning to
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Chainlink’s price has been sinking like a stone throughout the past few days and weeks, with buyers being unable to garner any sustainable bullish momentum as the cryptocurrency faces immense inflows of selling pressure. This has caused the crypto to dive down to a crucial support level that has proven to be historically significant. As such,
On Monday afternoon, Judge Beth Bloom, from the District Court of Florida, denied Craig Wright’s summary judgment and the infamous billion-dollar bitcoin lawsuit will go to trial in January. The court published a 93-page decision on the matter, as Judge Bloom detailed that “a genuine dispute of material fact exists” for a number of the
Avalanche, a blockchain offering scalability to the world of decentralized finance took its mainnet live on Sept. 21. “From Snowflake to Avalanche, the decentralized platform has come a long way, and its journey has only just begun,” Ava Labs said in a Sept. 21 statement on the mainnet launch. Ava Labs is the entity responsible
Last week, Uniswap launched its UNI token and set the crypto market ablaze with renewed interest in the DeFi project. The 400 free tokens essentially acted as a stimulus check, and as investors rushed to cash their “checks,” it brought Ethereum fees sky-high to a record nearly $1 million in a single hour. What does
As discussed in the previous article, Telegram is a popular global instant messaging company. In 2018, it sold contractual rights to acquire a new crypto asset that it was developing (to be called Grams) to a group of accredited (and wealthy) investors around the world. Telegram raised about $1.7 billion from 171 investors, including 39
Several signs indicate that Bitcoin is potentially on the brink of a new bull market, and much higher prices are ahead. However, one seemingly bullish sign that investors are preparing for mark up, is actually at the same level as just prior to the collapse to the cryptocurrency’s bottom. Are looks this deceiving, and Bitcoin
New research from the digital currency insurance firm, Evertas, shows that a surveyed group of investors managing roughly $78 billion in collective assets believes that during the next five years, institutional investors will “dramatically” increase their crypto asset holdings. This week the crypto asset insurance company Evertas published a cryptocurrency survey that included a number
Bitcoin has been forming a strong correlation to the stock market once again, with this typically occurring during times of global uncertainty. At the moment, traditional investors are consumed with fears regarding the lack of a second domestic stimulus package within the U.S., as well as the lack of progress in reeling in the pandemic.
In a broad sense, 2020 has been the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. As it charges toward 1 million deaths and over 30 million infections, governments have been found wanting. Our institutions have crumbled, leaders reacted too slowly, and all of the systems both in place and newly created to protect us — healthcare, aged
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Monday published a letter clarifying that national banks and federal savings associations can now hold reserves for stablecoin issuers in the country. According to the OCC’s interpretive letter, reserve accounts can either be funded through deposits from stablecoin issuers or deposits from individual stablecoin
September 22, 2020 – Global Hash Power Exchange today announced the launch of GHPEX.com, the world’s first crypto exchange devoted to trading hashpower futures, signaling the next evolution of crypto trading. Designed for traders and miners in mind, GHPEX.com offers traders the ability to increase their leverage to take short and long positions, earning higher
YFI has been among the worst-hit tokens in an ongoing meltdown that has wiped $65 billion from the cryptocurrency market. As of 1223 GMT Tuesday, YFI/USD was trading about 47 percent lower from its all-time high at $44,003. The pair’s downside correction followed a major rally that brought it up by more than 2,500 percent
Yes, cryptocurrencies fulfill the functions of money in most cases. They are used in place of money, to do the same things that money can do. Money has four functions: it is a medium of exchange, it has a unit of account, can be used as a store of value, and it is a standard
RioDeFi has revealed that a dozen VCs participated in its private sale, adding further credibility to a project that’s days away from its public sale. Around $5M of the $13.5M raised in RioDeFi’s private sale came from VCs eager to obtain a stake in the Polkadot ecosystem that Rio will sit astride. RioDeFi is building
They say the bigger they come, the harder they fall, and DeFi sure fell hard during this market dip. With that, NFTs have suddenly become the next big thing. NFTs are unique tokens that are not interchangeable as a result of their distinctive characteristics. As “one-offs,” the idea of investing in NFTs is gaining ground.
The Stin, an Austrian-based gin distiller, is set to use ICON (ICX), South Korea’s largest public blockchain project, to transparently track its supply chain. An Austrian blockchain firm, block42, will be combining near-field communication (NFC) technology with the ICON blockchain to maximize the security of the tracking system. NFC chips and devices function as electronic
UNI logged a rollercoaster opening session last week after rising by almost 2800 percent in just less than 24 hours. The token reached a record level of $8.59 following its free distribution among the users of UniSwap, a top decentralized cryptocurrency exchange by volume. It supplied about 150 million UNI tokens to its liquidity providers,
It’s been a tough past few days for the crypto market, especially for Ethereum-based coins. From their recent highs, most decentralized finance coins based on Ethereum have crashed by 30-50%, plunging as capital has rushed to the sidelines. The best example of the correction is Yearn.finance (YFI), a cryptocurrency that is core to the DeFi
The bitcoin ATM industry has reached a milestone as the number of machines installed worldwide has surpassed 10,000 after seven years since the first machine was installed. There are now 10,162 bitcoin ATM locations spread across 71 countries. Number of Bitcoin ATMs Exceeds 10K The number of cryptocurrency ATMs has grown significantly over the years,
Blockchain technology has made a lot of headway since its inception, leading to the development of hundreds of DApps in DeFi, gaming, content management and plenty of other verticals. While most of these applications utilize the standard features offered by leading blockchains, there are few that have innovated in the space to create an entirely
Ripple is down 5% and it broke the key $0.2380 support zone against the US Dollar. XRP price is currently consolidating losses and upsides are likely to remain capped. Ripple started a major decline below the $0.2440 and $0.2380 support levels against the US dollar. The price is down 5% and it is now trading
Continuous innovations have pushed the industry to a new frontier The cryptocurrency space has come a long way since the first bitcoin was mined. The mass adoption of digital assets is still a way off, but there are plenty of signs of encouragement. Simple changes on the part of industry players such as increased collaboration
A South African group calling itself “Anonymous ZA” has published fresh information that seemingly supports long-standing allegations that Mirror Trading International (MTI), an ostensible bitcoin investment company, is running a multi-level marketing scam. The new information, which was reportedly obtained after a breach of MTI internal systems, shows that the investment company is “entirely structured
Ethereum is down over 8% and it broke many key supports near $355 against the US Dollar. ETH price is currently consolidating losses and it is likely to face hurdles near $355 or $362. Ethereum started a sharp decline from the $375 resistance and broke the $355 support. The price is finding bids above $330,
The Australian government-backed agricultural supply chain platform Entrust has announced it will operate on Hedera Hashgraph — a distributed ledger platform claiming a transactional throughput of 10,000 transactions per second. South Australia’s premier, Steven Marshall, officially launched Entrust on September 20, describing the platform’s initial focus as protecting the wine and dairy manufacturing industries from
Bitcoin price failed to stay above the $10,750 support and declined sharply against the US Dollar. BTC is holding the $10,200 support, but there is a risk of more downsides. Bitcoin is down 5% and it broke the $10,750 and $10,550 support levels. The price is holding the $10,300 region, but it is well below
Chainlink has undergone a strong rejection over the past few days, following in the footsteps of other cryptocurrencies. The coin trades down 13% in the past 24 hours, slipping below $9 for the first time in many weeks. Since the all-time highs set just weeks ago, LINK is down by over 50%, which is worse
It has been a rough past few days for Bitcoin and the aggregated cryptocurrency market, with sellers gaining full control after BTC following the benchmark digital asset’s inability to stabilize above $11,000. This selling pressure has struck a potentially lethal blow to BTC’s macro market structure, as the cryptocurrency now appears to be positioned to
Iran has granted bitcoin miners exclusive access to electricity generated from three power plants for their mining activities, according to state power utility Thermal Power Plant Holding Company (TPPH). Mohsen Tarztalab, managing director of TPPH, told a local news agency on Monday that the “necessary equipment has been installed in three power plants of Ramin,
